https://OpenStreetMap.org has been disrupted today.

[clickhere@mastodon.ie]

@osm_tech Ugh, I am so sorry to hear this, and thank you to everyone working on this project.

Such a nightmare, and so completely pointless. 🤬

[Guest]

@ISibboI @osm_tech I think, that spreading it on 100 000+ IP addresses tells they know they are doing shady thing.

[tomchadwin@en.osm.town]

@osm_tech Good luck, and thank you as always.

[don_clemente@chaos.social]

@osm_tech wonder if it is collateral damage or intended, to get rid of alternative sources of information?
Anyway, zip-bomb the hell out of them.

[osm_tech@en.osm.town]

@Don_Clemente Just dumb scrapers. They want our data, so maybe we /should/ redirect them to the latest full history planet file, it is only 245GB ;-)

[osm_tech@en.osm.town]

@gme Anubis is great, but not ideal for us. We have reasonable technical mitigations in place, but it is unfortunately an arms race (and time/resource blackhole)

[don_clemente@chaos.social]

@osm_tech yes, but that's heavy on your resources and bandwidth. A zip file of 10GB Zeros is much more resource-efficient on your side ;-)

[gerardthornley@hachyderm.io]

@pesasa @ISibboI @osm_tech It's a pattern I've seen others relate to the building of AI datasets.

[gerardthornley@hachyderm.io]

@pesasa @ISibboI @osm_tech
If its helpful (if you want to stuff something unpleasant down their throats), I believe @jwz has been making a 'json bomb' for (AIUI) pretty much this purpose:
https://mastodon.social/@jwz/116049057703097965

[ivansanchez@mastodon.social]

@osm_tech @Don_Clemente Replacing the actual data with Null Island data that points to planet.osm.org is not a dumb idea IMHO

[martinrust@infosec.exchange]

@osm_tech Block all read access except from registered users? And be restrictive on whom to grant an account (captcha, verified email address)?

[woody@pleroma.pch.net]

@osm_tech

Please, please, AI bubble, burst already, so we can stop seeing this kind of vandalism.

[drwho@masto.hackers.town]

@osm_tech @nag4wika Yuh?

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[drwho@masto.hackers.town]

@osm_tech @Don_Clemente Can confirm. >:D

[air_quotes_comedian@kolektiva.social]

@osm_tech I went to use OpenStreetMap today to get directions but it asked me to sign up/ log in, so I used Mapquest instead which doesn't.

[jonas@social.linux.pizza]

@osm_tech @ISibboI Scraping the OpenStreetMap website gives of the same vibe as stealing free stuff.

[osm_tech@en.osm.town]

@Air_Quotes_Comedian Weird. We don't require login for directions.

[air_quotes_comedian@kolektiva.social]

@osm_tech Hmmm.

Perhaps I'm the only one who is required to log in for directions.

[forestjohnson@social.pixie.town]

@osm_tech thank you for your service 🪖

[notme@ohai.social]

@osm_tech @ISibboI isn't there a chance that service disruption is one of the objectives?